Artist Talk: Susan Meiselas’s 44 Irving Street, Cambridge, MA

This event does not require registration; see further details below.

In 1971, photographer Susan Meiselas created a series of portraits as part of her master’s degree at the Harvard Graduate School of Education. Meiselas’s project involved creating portraits of the diverse group of people who rented rooms in the boarding house where she lived and then asking them to respond to the way they saw themselves in her pictures. Join Meiselas for a conversation about the ways photographs shape how we see ourselves and how we are seen by others.

This gallery talk is part of our New on View series, highlighting recent gallery installations and presenting new insights into recent acquisitions or old favorites.

Please check in with museum staff at the Visitor Services desk in the Calderwood Courtyard to request to join the gallery talk. Talks are limited to 18 people and are available on a first-come, first-served basis; no registration is required.

The Harvard Art Museums offer free admission every day, Tuesday through Sunday. Please see the museum visit page to learn about our general policies for visiting the museums.

The Harvard Art Museums are committed to accessibility for all visitors. For anyone requiring accessibility accommodations for our programs, please contact us at am_register@harvard.edu at least 48 hours in advance. Please include the name and date of the program in the subject line of your email.